Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-23
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Passes the Bill Author zing
Cities and Towns to Hire Out
Ordinance Yi0IatOrs.
stttute Land BlIl-ApPrOpriatfOn Bill
Now Being Considered.
THE SENATE.
LIN GIN n
Special to the Gazette.


introduced by Senator Woods to require
the county treasurer to report the amount
of surplus school fund on hand to the
board of education, and to provide how
the school fund shall be distributed.
Senator Armistesd introduced a joint
resolution authorizing the capital board
to lease the temporary capital upon com
pletion of the new one.
Bill to create the Forty-second Judicial
district. Passed.
Senator Woodward called up the mill
tia bill, and it passed
The appropriation bill was postponed
TO await the action of the House on the
same bill.
The bill to confirm the exchange of
University lands passed to third reading.
The bill for the relief of L. Collier,
Thomas Collier and W. NJ. R4mer was
engrossed.
The bill amending the law relative to
attachments upon personal properly when
there is a mortgage or other lien upon
said property. Pissed.
The bill to authorize cities to hire their
COnviCts, passed. 1t is IS follows:
Section l, article 40. Be it enacted by
the Legislature of the State of Texas,
that chapter +, title II, of the Revised
Civil Statutes of the state Of Texas be
amended by adding thereto article 4I0a,
which shall read as follows:
Article 4l0a. To compel any person who
may be convicted OF u violation of any Of
the ordinances of the city, and who may
be committed To Jail in default of the
payment of the ttue and costs Rdjudged
against such person, to be hired out
to any individual company or corporation
within the county in which said conviction
is had (and to remain in said county, for
the purpose of paying of and dlsch6rging
said fine ana costs, uuder such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by ordinance,
and to pass such ordinances as may be
necessary to the regulation and enforce
ment of said contract of hiring.
The bill fixing the fees of county
judges, county attorneys and other Cff-
GERS IN felony cases was engrOssed.
The bill prohibiting the consolidating
of competing lines OF railroads, aud fixing
the punishment for the same by imprison-
ment in the penitentIary, was called up.
Senator Douglass of Jefferson moved
to strike out: "Secion 4. All ConSoIida-
tions already made or entered into by any
such corporation,O or by its officers, agents,
managers, lessees or purchasers in viola
ton of section 5, article 10, of the state
constitution and continued after this act
takes effect, is hereby declared d new and
continuing Offense. punishable under the
provisions of this aCt.n
Senator Burgess spoke in favor of the
amendment.
Senator Gregg thought competition was
needed and ne favored the bill with sec
ton 4 in it, and therefore opposed the
motion to strike out.
Senator Upshaw favored striking it out.
Senator B I'll made 8 strong argument
in favor of the amendment.
Senator GlasSC0ck moved to amend by
providing that the law shall not apply to
railroads organized before the adoption Of
the present "cOnstituuOn
Senator Terrell made fOrcible speech
against the bill, showing that the COnsu-
tuition did not contemplate such severe
penalties as the bill provided. He con-
tended that if injury was being done by
roads consolidating civil action could be
brought, but so far as he knew no com
plaint was being made by any one.
Senator Slmkins made q strong and
logical argument in favor of the bill,
which he insisted was in harmony with
the constitution.
Senator Lane argued in favor of strik
ing out section 4.
Senator Calhoun made an eloquent
speech against the bill. He alluded to
the fact that the Legislature was having
trouble trying to directly sell her school
lands, was wrestling with the management
of 1000 convfcts, with the Chools and other
questions, yet it found time and imagined
it had the ability to take charge of and
control the entire railroad system Of
Texas While senator's are crying
out against the oppression of the rail,
roads aud weeping over the ruin they ale
inficting upon the country, the fact IS
their sections a,e prOsperinE and prop
erty values rapidly increasing because Of
the roads He said that the cry against
the railroads. was the veriest buncombe,
and intimated that if the roads could vote
ii would De diff rent.
The amendment by Senator Giasscock
was voted down.
Senator Burgess made an able aTgu
ment agaiust tie bill. He had with sSed
what railroads had accomplished in this
state, and ne was friendly towards them.
The amendment by Senator Douglass
was adopted
Senator Woodward eff red an amend
ment strikisg out the felony clause and
making it a misdem-snOr, punishable. by
fine not TO exceed $1,000
Pending furtn r cOnsidera ion the Sem
ate adjourned till o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House bill tc Il qujre interest to lie paid
on Cia1TnS augiDSt the county WaS laid be-
fore the Senate.
Senator Armistead made an argum Mt
against it that Il dtened it out COM
pletely, and it filled to pass-yeas, /;
nays, %.
Senator Glasscock introduced a bill 20
amend the libel law.
The vote passing q resolution TO pay the
sergeants-st-arms in the Willis case So
day WAS rec Insidered, and a resolution
passed paying them So so, as they bad
had all tn ir expenses paid.
House bill better defining disorderly